Leaded-glass window and other leaded-glass construction.



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LEADED-GLASS WINDOW AND OTHER LEADED-GLASS CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Aug. I5, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,540.

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Be it known that I, EDWIN FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chestnut I-Iill, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leaded-Glass Windows and other Leaded-Glass Constructions, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a leaded-glass window (or other leaded-glass construction) characterized by leadwork division-strips between the ribbons, whereby there is produced between the panes the appearance of a solid framework.

Heretofore leadedfglass work has not been resorted. to when it has been desired to sil houette the framing of the panes, the leadedglass art for centuries having been confined to assemblage of panes with narrow lead ribbons having hearts or cores, the ribbons and their cores holding the panes in place. IIeretofore when it has been-desired to make windows, the frames of which when in place should be strongly silhouetted, resort has been had to more or less massive frames of stone, of wood, or of material other than lead, as lead is used in the leaded-glass art. To obviate the expense of stone framing and the perishability of wood framing and at the same time to secure in leaded-glass work broad division-strips of leadwork that will silhouette the window-frame when in place, I have invented the new construction and mode of operation herein set forth.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichMH Figure l is a plan view of a leaded-glass window made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail at line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, enlarged, of a lead core or "heart with its integral ribbons.

In the drawings illustrating my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying it, l, &c., are glass panes clamped, as heretofore, on both sides by lead ribbons 2 and 3, shaped to conform to and to impinge on the margins of the several panes. Hereh tofore the panes have been quite close together and separated by only the hearts or cores 4 of the ribbons, one edge 5 of each ribbon impinging on one pane and the other edge 5 of the same ribbon impinging on another pane. Consequently in leadedglass work the windows or the like produced in accordance with the art as heretofore practiced have had a thin framing, which has shown but little when the windows have been put in place. By my invention I insert a leadwork division-strip 6 between a pair of cores or hearts when it is desired to widen out the space between adjacent ribbons. This division-strip is preferably composite and made up of a plate 7, (of glass or other suitable material,) faced on each side with lead plates 8. The margins of the divisionstrips are clamped or impinged on by the edges 5 of the lead ribbons, and as the division-strips may be of any desired width there is provided a loadwork frame which will be silhouetted strongly when in place. The cores or hearts I separate the division-strips from the panes; and the ribbons, and therewith connected hearts, clamp and hold both the division-strips and panes in proper position. The lead facings or plates 8 run into the ribbons, in effect, and produce a harmonious result. The division-strips are shaped to fill in. the spaces between. the hearts of the ribbons that clamp on the panes and will be of various shapes, as required. Glass scrap may be generally utilized in making the members 7 of the division-strips.

What I claim is- In leaded-glass work, the combination of glass panes; lead ribbons having cores; and lead-faced division-strips between the cores; edges of the ribbons impinging on the panes and also on division-strips, and the ribbons and cores holding both panes and divisionstrips firmly in place.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDTVIN FORD.

I/Vitnesses EDWARD S. BEACH, E. A. ALLEN. 

